For Love of Country

Biography & Memoir, Historical
Cover of the book For Love of Country by Anthony Hill, Penguin Random House Australia
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Author: Anthony Hill ISBN: 9781760141073
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Publication: March 28, 2016
Imprint: Penguin eBooks Language: English
Author: Anthony Hill
ISBN: 9781760141073
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Publication: March 28, 2016
Imprint: Penguin eBooks
Language: English

'His heart was in the land and he thought of nothing else.'
At the close of the First World War, and after surviving a gas attack on the Western Front, Captain Walter Eddison moved his family from war-ravaged Britain to start a new life in Australia. The Eddisons were offered 'land fit for heroes' under the Australian government's soldier-settlement scheme, but the grim realities of life in the remote bush were not easy for a family used to the green pastures of England.
Walter and Marion made the best of their limited prospects, but as they raised their young family on the outskirts of the nation's newly established capital, tensions were again simmering in Europe. When the Second World War broke out, they were forced to confront their worst fears as their three sons headed back to the battlefields they'd tried so hard to leave behind.
Anthony Hill expertly weaves military history and gripping accounts of frontline fighting into this intimate portrait of a family who sacrificed everything for their country, showing�how the global conflicts of the twentieth century came home to Australia, with tragic consequences.

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'His heart was in the land and he thought of nothing else.'
At the close of the First World War, and after surviving a gas attack on the Western Front, Captain Walter Eddison moved his family from war-ravaged Britain to start a new life in Australia. The Eddisons were offered 'land fit for heroes' under the Australian government's soldier-settlement scheme, but the grim realities of life in the remote bush were not easy for a family used to the green pastures of England.
Walter and Marion made the best of their limited prospects, but as they raised their young family on the outskirts of the nation's newly established capital, tensions were again simmering in Europe. When the Second World War broke out, they were forced to confront their worst fears as their three sons headed back to the battlefields they'd tried so hard to leave behind.
Anthony Hill expertly weaves military history and gripping accounts of frontline fighting into this intimate portrait of a family who sacrificed everything for their country, showing�how the global conflicts of the twentieth century came home to Australia, with tragic consequences.

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